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Church in Burma
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A Pillar Dispatch

A Catholic mission amid Burma's war

Extracting Father Paul Than

Antonio Graceffo
Apr 07, 2025
∙ Paid

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Airstrikes shatter the sky. Churches lie in ruins. Secret arrests sweep people away in the night. Priests recite funeral rites daily. Young men, missing limbs, hobble on crutches, waiting months for prosthetics at clinics the Burmese government bombs into dust.

Fr. Paul Than. Credit: Ant…

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